“I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded.” ImportantProblemFeltDifficultEffortEssentialsPursuitJustifyGood Science Author:Paul Nurse
“It may indeed prove to be far the most difficult and not the least important task for human reason rationally to comprehend its own limitations. It is essential for the growth of reason that as individuals we should bow to forces and obey principles which we cannot hope fully to understand, yet on which the advance and even the preservation of civilization depend.” ShouldHumansMayImportantReasonIndividualForceDifficultGrowthPrinciplesDependsCivilizationProveEssentialsTasksLimitationBowsPreservationHuman Reason Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition. The experimental habit of mind is a difficult one for most people to maintain; indeed, the science of one generation has already become the tradition of the next” PeopleMindNextDifficultGenerationsHabitEssentialsTraditionTechniqueExperimentsCharacteristicsHabits Of Mind Book:The Scientific Outlook Source: The Scientific Outlook